Antartica, Public Functionary 2014

Antarctica, from February of 2014 at the Public Functionary gallery.Directed and composed by Chris Strouth, Music by Paris1919 Movement by Deborah Jinza-Thayer movement architecture.Antarctica was composed during Strouth’s recovery from a kidney transplant in 2009 and reflects the isolation of going through a singular event that has a profound impact on your life. It’s about looking into the void and the void looking back. Antarctica speaks to the experience of walking through that chasm–a feeling that most people have been able to relate to in some form, at one time or another. However, Strouth’s composition is also about perseverance and tenacity, using 1,000 years of Antarctica’s physical evolution as a metaphor.

Over the course of the 90-minute performance, the viewer will experience a visual, sensory and sonic phantasmagoria:

– Multiple video projections throughout the gallery in collaboration with Vid Tiger and animator Justin Guenther of Wonderhaus.

– glacier installation by Asia Ward.

Antarctica, is the second record from Paris1919, and the first to feature a full band, with Mike Croswell on lap steel, Randall Davidson on Cell, Tim Ritter on Bass, Mykl Westbrooks on guitar, Eric White on Water drums, and Chris Strouth conducting and electronics. Engineered by David J. Russ, based on the music from the February of 2014 at the Public Functionary gallery.

Antarctica was composed during Strouth’s recovery from a kidney transplant in 2009 and reflects the isolation of going through a singular event that has a profound impact on your life. It’s about looking into the void and the void looking back. Antarctica speaks to the experience of walking through that chasm–a feeling that most people have been able to relate to in some form, at one time or another. However, Strouth’s composition is also about perseverance and tenacity, using 1,000 years of Antarctica’s physical evolution as a metaphor.